Array substrate, method for manufacturing the same and display apparatus

ABSTRACT

An array substrate, a method for manufacturing the same and a display apparatus are provided. The array substrate comprises: a substrate ( 1 ); a common electrode ( 2 ) and a pixel electrode ( 10 ) sequentially formed on the substrate ( 1 ) and insulated from each other; a thin film transistor comprising a gate electrode ( 4 ), an active layer ( 7 ), a source electrode ( 8   a ) and a drain electrode ( 8   b ), wherein the drain electrode ( 8   b ) is electrically connected with the pixel electrode ( 10 ); a common electrode line ( 5 ) disposed in a same layer as the gate electrode ( 4 ); and an insulating layer ( 3 ) between the gate electrode ( 4 ) and the common electrode ( 2 ), wherein the common electrode ( 2 ) is connected with the common electrode line ( 5 ) through a through hole in the insulating layer ( 3 ).

TECHNICAL FIELD

Embodiments of the invention relate to an array substrate, a method formanufacturing the same and a display apparatus comprising the arraysubstrate.

BACKGROUND

TFT-LCD of ADSDS (ADvanced Super Dimension Switch, abbreviated as ADS)mode is widely used in the liquid crystal display field due to itsadvantages of high resolution, high transmittance, low powerconsumption, wide viewing angle, high aperture ratio, low chromaticaberration, free of push Mura, etc. In the TFT-LCD of ADS mode, amulti-dimensional electric field is formed with both an electric fieldgenerated at edges of slit electrodes in a same plane and an electricfield generated between a slit electrode layer and a plate-likeelectrode layer, so that liquid crystal molecules at all orientations,which are located directly above the electrodes or between the slitelectrodes in a liquid crystal cell, can be rotated. In this way, thework efficiency of liquid crystal can be enhanced, the lighttransmittance can be increased, and thus the image quality of theTFT-LCD can be improved.

At present, an array substrate of the ADS mode TFT-LCD may be formed bya plurality of patterning processes, and each of the patterningprocesses may further comprises a film forming process, an exposingprocess, a developing process, an etching process, a stripping processand so on. The etching process may be a dry etching process or a wetetching process.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of an array substrate of aconventional ADS mode TFT-LCD. As shown in FIG. 1, a common electrode 2and a gate electrode 4 are provided in a same layer, and a patterningprocess for forming the common electrode 2 and a patterning process forforming the gate electrode 4 are performed sequentially. The commonelectrode 2 and the gate electrode 4 may be electrically connected toeach other if residuals of the common electrode 2 or the gate electrode4 are generated in the corresponding patterning process, in this case, ashort circuit (Gate-Common Short) occurs between the common electrode 2and the gate electrode 4 and the properties of the thin film transistorwill be severely deteriorated. In order to prevent such short circuitphenomenon, the distance between the common electrode 2 and the gateelectrode 4 is generally increased. However, when the distance betweenthe common electrode 2 and the gate electrode 4 is increased, the widthof a black matrix (BM) used to prevent light leakage has to beincreased, the light transmitting region of each pixel unit has to bedecreased, and thus the aperture ratio of each pixel unit will bereduced.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

According to an embodiment of the invention, an array substrate isprovided. The array substrate comprises: a substrate; a common electrodeand a pixel electrode sequentially formed on the substrate and insulatedfrom each other; a thin film transistor comprising a gate electrode, anactive layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode, wherein thedrain electrode is electrically connected with the pixel electrode; anda common electrode line disposed in a same layer as the gate electrode.The array substrate further comprises an insulating layer between thegate electrode and the common electrode to isolate the gate electrodefrom the common electrode, and the common electrode is connected withthe common electrode line through a first through hole in the insulatinglayer.

According to another embodiment of the invention, a method formanufacturing the array substrate is provided. The method comprises theprocedures of: forming the common electrode line, the common electrodeand the thin film transistor on the substrate, wherein the thin filmtransistor comprises the gate electrode, the source electrode and thedrain electrode; and forming the insulating layer between the gateelectrode and the common electrode to isolate the gate electrode fromthe common electrode.

According to still another embodiment of the invention, a displayapparatus comprising the above described array substrates is provided.

According to embodiments of the invention, since the insulating layerwith high light transmittance is additionally provided between thecommon electrode and the gate electrode, the common electrode iscompletely isolated from the gate electrode even if residuals aregenerated during the etching processes for forming the common electrodeand the gate electrode and the short circuit can not be generatedbetween the common electrode and the gate electrode. In this case, thehorizontal distance between the common electrode and the gate electrodecan be shortened. According to embodiments of the invention, thehorizontal distance between the common electrode and the gate electrodecan be shorten to be as small as 0.5-0.8 times of the horizontaldistance between the common electrode and the gate electrode in theconventional technology. Therefore, the width of the black matrix (BM)for preventing light leakage can be decreased, the light transmittingregion of each pixel unit can be increased, and the aperture ratio ofeach pixel unit can be improved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

In order to clearly illustrate the technical solution of the embodimentsof the invention, the drawings of the embodiments will be brieflydescribed in the following; it is obvious that the described drawingsare only related to some embodiments of the invention and thus are notlimitative of the invention.

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural view of an array substrate in aconventional ADS mode TFT-LCD;

FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of an array substrate in anembodiment 1 of the invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic structural view of an array substrate in anembodiment 2 of the invention;

FIG. 4 is a schematic structural view of an array substrate in anembodiment 3 of the invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic structural view of an array substrate in anembodiment 4 of the invention; and

FIG. 6 is a schematic view for comparing the distance between a commonelectrode and a gate electrode in the embodiments of the invention withthe distance between the common electrode and the gate electrode in aconventional technology.

DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS

In order to make objects, technical details and advantages of theembodiments of the invention apparent, the technical solutions of theembodiment will be described in a clearly and fully understandable wayin connection with the drawings related to the embodiments of theinvention. It is obvious that the described embodiments are just a partbut not all of the embodiments of the invention. Based on the describedembodiments herein, those skilled in the art can obtain otherembodiment(s), without any inventive work, which should be within thescope of the invention.

Embodiments of the invention provide an array substrate, a method formanufacturing the array substrate and a display apparatus comprising thearray substrate.

The array substrate comprises: a substrate 1; a common electrode 2 and apixel electrode 10 sequentially formed on the substrate 1 and insulatedfrom each other, wherein the pixel electrode 10 has slits formedtherein; a thin film transistor comprising a gate electrode 4, an activelayer 7, a source electrode 8 a and a drain electrode 8 b, wherein thedrain electrode 8 b and the pixel electrode 10 are electricallyconnected to each other; and a common electrode line 5 disposed in asame layer as the gate electrode 4. The array substrate furthercomprises an insulating layer 3 provided between the gate electrode 4and the common electrode 2 for isolating the gate electrode 4 from thecommon electrode 2. The common electrode 2 is connected with the commonelectrode line 5 through a through hole in the insulating layer 3.

The method for manufacturing the array substrate comprises a procedurefor forming the common electrode line 5, the common electrode 2 and thethin film transistor comprising the gate electrode 4, the sourceelectrode 8 a and the drain electrode 8 b. The method further comprisesa procedure for forming the insulating layer 3 located between the gateelectrode 4 and the common electrode 2. The insulating layer 3 is usedto isolate the gate electrode 4 from the common electrode 2. The commonelectrode 2 is connected with the common electrode line 5 through thethrough hole in the insulating layer 3.

The display apparatus comprises the array substrate as described above.The display apparatus may be any products or components with displayfunction such as a liquid crystal panel, an electronic paper, an OLEDpanel, a liquid crystal television, a liquid crystal display, a digitalphoto frame, a mobile phone, a tablet PC and so on.

FIG. 6 is a schematic view for comparing the distance between the commonelectrode 2 and the gate electrode 4 in the embodiments of the inventionwith the distance in a conventional technology. In FIG. 6, a is aschematic view illustrating the distance d1 between the common electrode2 and the gate electrode 4 in the conventional technology, and b is aschematic view illustrating the distance d2 between the common electrode2 and the gate electrode 4 in the embodiments of the invention, whereind2/d1 is about 0.5˜0.8. It can be seen from FIG. 6 that: since theinsulating layer 3 is provided between the common electrode 2 and thegate electrode 4 in the array substrate according to embodiments of theinvention, the distance d2 between the common electrode 2 and the gateelectrode 4 is shortened compared with the distance d1 in theconventional technology. Therefore, the aperture ratio of the pixel unitcan be increased in the embodiments of the invention.

Embodiment 1

As shown in FIG. 2, in the present embodiment, the array substratecomprises: a substrate 1; a common electrode 2 formed on the substrate1; an insulating layer 3 covering the common electrode 2 and thesubstrate 1, wherein a portion of the insulating layer 3 covering thecommon electrode 2 has a first through hole 11; a gate electrode 4 and acommon electrode line 5 formed on the insulating layer 3, wherein thecommon electrode line 5 and the gate electrode 4 are disposed in a samelayer, the common electrode line 5 is provided on the first through hole11, and the common electrode line 5 is connected with the commonelectrode 2 through the first through hole 11; a gate electrodeprotection layer (i.e., a gate insulating layer) 6, wherein the gateelectrode protection layer 6 completely covers the gate electrode 4, thecommon electrode line 5 and the insulating layer 3; an active layer 7formed on the gate electrode protection layer 6; a source electrode 8 aand a drain electrode 8 b formed on the active layer 7; a passivationlayer 9 covering the source and drain electrodes 8 a and 8 b and thegate electrode protection layer 6, wherein a second through hole 12 isformed in a portion of the passivation layer 9 covering the drainelectrode 8 b; and a pixel electrode 10 formed on the passivation layer9, wherein the pixel electrode 10 has slits formed therein and the pixelelectrode 10 is electrically connected to the drain electrode 8 bthrough the second through hole 12. It can be seen form FIG. 2 that thecommon electrode 2 and the pixel electrode 10 are insulated from eachother, and the insulating layer 3 is located between the gate electrode4 and the common electrode 2 to isolate the gate electrode 4 from thecommon electrode 2.

The first through hole 11 and the second through hole 12 are preferablyformed by a dry etching process.

The substrate 1 may be made of glass. Both of the insulating layer 3 andthe passivation layer 9 may be made of insulating materials with highlight transmittance. For example, the insulating layer 3 and thepassivation layer 9 a may be made of a single layer formed of any one ofSiN_(x), SiO_(x) and SiO_(x)N_(y), a multi-layer formed of anycombination of SiN_(x), SiO_(x) and SiO_(x)N_(y), a single layer formedof any one of polyamide and epoxy resin, a multi-layer formed of acombination of polyamide and epoxy resin, or a single layer ormulti-layer formed of other insulating materials. The source electrode 8a, the drain electrode 8 b, the gate electrode 4 and the commonelectrode line 5 may be made of a single layer formed of molybdenum,aluminum, aluminum-neodymium alloy, tungsten, chromium or copper, amulti-layer formed by any combinations of the above metals, or a singlelayer or multi-layer formed of other metallic materials. The activelayer 7 may comprise a semiconductor layer and an ohmic contact layer.The semiconductor layer may be formed of a-Si (amorphous silicon) or anyother semiconductor materials. The ohmic contact layer may be formed ofn⁺ a-Si (doped amorphous silicon) or any other doped semiconductormaterials. The common electrode 2 and the pixel electrode 10 may beformed of indium-tin oxide or indium-zinc oxide.

The present embodiment further provides a method for manufacturing thearray substrate. The method is completed by six patterning processes andcomprises the following steps in detail.

In step 1, the common electrode 2 is formed by depositing a firsttransparent conductive film on the substrate 1 and then performing afirst patterning process on the first transparent conductive film.

In step 2, the insulating layer 3 is formed by depositing an insulatingfilm on the resultant structure of the step 1 and performing a secondpatterning process on the insulating film, wherein the insulating layer3 covers the common electrode 2 and the substrate 1, and the firstthrough hole 11 is formed in the portion of the insulating layer 3 onthe common electrode 2;

In step 3, the gate electrode 4 and the common electrode line 5 areformed on the insulating layer 3 by depositing a gate electrode metallicfilm on the resultant structure of the step 2 and performing a thirdpatterning process on the gate electrode metallic film, wherein thecommon electrode line 5 is provided on the first through hole 11, andthe common electrode line 5 is connected with the common electrode 2through the first through hole 11;

In step 4, the gate electrode protection layer 6, the active layer 7,the source electrode 8 a and the drain electrode 8 b are formed bysequentially depositing a gate electrode protection film, asemiconductor film, an ohmic contact film and a drain-source metallicfilm on the resultant structure of the step 3 and performing a fourthpatterning process with a halftone mask or a gray-tone mask, wherein thegate electrode protection layer 6 completely covers the gate electrode4, the common electrode line 5 and the insulating layer 3, and theactive layer 7, the source and drain electrodes 8 a and 8 b are locatedon the gate electrode protection layer 6 above the gate electrode 4;

In step 5, the passivation layer 9 is formed by depositing anotherinsulating film on the resultant structure of the step 4 and performinga fifth patterning process on the another insulating film, wherein thepassivation layer 9 completely covers the source and drain electrodes 8a and 8 b and the gate electrode protection layer 6, and the secondthrough hole 12 is formed in the portion of the passivation layer 9 onthe drain electrode 8 b;

In step 6, the pixel electrode 10 is formed by depositing a secondtransparent conductive film on the resultant structure of the step 5 andperforming a sixth patterning process on the second transparentconductive film, wherein the pixel electrode 10 is connected with thedrain electrode 8 b through the second through hole 12.

Embodiment 2

As shown in FIG. 3, in the present embodiment, the array substratecomprises: a substrate 1; a gate electrode 4 and a common electrode line5 formed on the substrate 1, wherein the common electrode line 5 isdisposed in a same layer as the gate electrode 4; an insulating layer 3formed on the substrate 1 and covering the gate electrode 4 and thecommon electrode line 5, wherein a portion of the insulating layer 3covering the common electrode line 5 has a first through hole 11, thefirst through hole is provided on the common electrode line 5; a commonelectrode 2 formed on the insulating layer 3, wherein the commonelectrode 2 is provided on the first through hole 11 and the commonelectrode 2 is connected with the common electrode line 5 through thefirst through hole 11; a gate electrode protection layer 6 completelycovering the common electrode 2 and the insulating layer 3; an activelayer 7 formed on the gate electrode protection layer 6 above the gateelectrode 4; a source electrode 8 a and a drain electrode 8 b formed onthe active layer 7; a passivation layer 9 covering the source and drainelectrodes 8 a and 8 b and the gate electrode protection layer 6,wherein a second through hole 12 is formed in a portion of thepassivation layer 9 covering the drain electrode 8 b; and a pixelelectrode 10 formed on the passivation layer 9, wherein the pixelelectrode 10 has slits formed therein and the pixel electrode 10 iselectrically connected with the drain electrode 8 b through the secondthrough hole 12. It can be seen from FIG. 3 that the common electrode 2and the pixel electrode 10 are insulated from each other, and theinsulating layer 3 is located between the gate electrode 4 and thecommon electrode 2 to isolate the gate electrode 4 from the commonelectrode 2.

The first through hole 11 and the second through hole 12 are preferablyformed by a dry etching process.

Materials for forming each film provided in the array substrateaccording to the present embodiment are the same as those according tothe embodiment 1, and the details thereof are omitted here.

The present embodiment further provides a method for manufacturing thearray substrate. The method is performed by six patterning processes andcomprises the following steps in detail.

In step 1, the gate electrode 4 and the common electrode line 5 areformed by depositing a gate electrode metallic film on the substrate 1and performing a first patterning process on the gate electrode metallicfilm;

In step 2, the insulating layer 3 is formed by depositing an insulatingfilm on the resultant structure of the step 1 and performing a secondpatterning process on the insulating film, wherein the insulating layer3 covers the common electrode line 5 and the gate electrode 4, and thefirst through hole 11 is formed in a portion of the insulating layer 3on the common electrode line 5;

In step 3, the common electrode 2 is formed by depositing a firsttransparent conductive film on the resultant structure of the step 2 andperforming a third patterning process on the first transparentconductive film, wherein the common electrode 2 is provided on the firstthrough hole 11, and the common electrode 2 is connected with the commonelectrode line 5 through the first through hole 11;

Steps 4˜6 are the same as those in the embodiment 1, which will not bedescribed in detail herein.

Embodiment 3

As shown in FIG. 4, in the present embodiment, the array substratecomprises: a substrate 1; a gate electrode 4 and a common electrode line5 formed on the substrate 1, wherein the common electrode line 5 isdisposed in a same layer as the gate electrode 4; an insulating layer 3formed on the substrate 1 and covering the gate electrode 4 and thecommon electrode line 5; a common electrode 2 formed on the insulatinglayer 3, wherein the common electrode 2 is provided above the commonelectrode line 5; a gate electrode protection layer 6 completelycovering the common electrode 2 and the insulating layer 3; an activelayer 7 formed on the gate electrode protection layer 6 above the gateelectrode 4; a source electrode 8 a and a drain electrode 8 b formed onthe active layer 7; a passivation layer 9 covering the source and drainelectrodes 8 a and 8 b and the gate electrode protection layer 6,wherein a second through hole 12 is formed in a portion of thepassivation layer 9 on the drain electrode 8 b; a first through hole 11disposed above the common electrode line 5, wherein the first throughhole 11 sequentially penetrates through the passivation layer 9, thegate electrode protection layer 6, the common electrode 2 and theinsulating layer 3, and the common electrode 2 is connected with thecommon electrode line 5 through the first through hole 11; and a pixelelectrode 10 formed on the passivation layer 9, wherein the pixelelectrode 10 has slits formed therein and the pixel electrode 10 iselectrically connected with the drain electrode 8 b through the secondthrough hole 12. It can be seen from FIG. 4 that the common electrode 2and the pixel electrode 10 are insulated from each other, and theinsulating layer 3 is located between the gate electrode 4 and thecommon electrode 2 to isolate the gate electrode 4 from the commonelectrode 2.

The first through hole 11 and the second through hole 12 are preferablyformed by a dry etching process.

Materials for forming each film provided in the array substrateaccording to the present embodiment are the same as that according tothe embodiment 1, and the details thereof are omitted here.

The present embodiment further provides a method for manufacturing thearray substrate. The method is performed by five patterning processesand comprises the following steps in detail.

In step 1, the gate electrode 4 and the common electrode line 5 areformed by depositing a gate electrode metallic film on the substrate 1and performing a first patterning process on the gate electrode metallicfilm;

In step 2, the insulating layer 3 and the common electrode 2 are formedby sequentially depositing an insulating film and a first transparentconductive film on the resultant structure of the step 1 and performinga second patterning process, wherein the insulating layer 3 is providedon the substrate 1 and covers the common electrode line 5 and the gateelectrode 4, and the common electrode 2 is provided above the commonelectrode line 5.

In step 3, the gate electrode protection layer 6, the active layer 7,and the source and drain electrodes 8 a and 8 b are formed bysequentially depositing a gate electrode protection film, asemiconductor film, an ohmic contact film and a drain-source metallicfilm on the resultant structure of the step 2 and performing a thirdpatterning process with a halftone mask or a gray-tone mask, wherein thegate electrode protection layer 6 completely covers the common electrode2 and the insulating layer 3, and the active layer 7, the sourceelectrode 8 a and the drain electrode 8 b are located on the gateelectrode protection layer 6 above the gate electrode 4;

In step 4, the passivation layer 9 is formed by depositing anotherinsulating film on the resultant structure of the step 3 and performinga fourth patterning process on the another insulating film, wherein thepassivation layer 9 completely covers the source electrode 8 a, thedrain electrode 8 b and the gate electrode protection layer 6, thesecond through hole 12 is formed in the portion of the passivation layer9 on the drain electrode 8 b, that is, the second through hole 12penetrates through the passivation layer 9 to expose the drain electrode8 b, and the first through hole 11 penetrating through the passivationlayer 9, the gate electrode protection layer 6, the common electrode 2and the insulating layer 3 is also formed in this step to expose thecommon electrode line 5;

In step 5, the pixel electrode 10 is formed by depositing a secondtransparent conductive film on the resultant structure of the step 4 andperforming a fifth patterning process on the second transparentconductive film, wherein the pixel electrode 10 is connected with thedrain electrode 8 b through the second through hole 12, and a portion ofthe second transparent conductive film deposited in the first throughhole 11 causes the common electrode 2 to be connected with the commonelectrode line 5 through the first through, hole 11.

Embodiment 4

As shown in FIG. 5, in the present embodiment, the array substratecomprises: a substrate 1; a common electrode 2 formed on the substrate1; an insulating layer 3 formed on the substrate 1 and covering thecommon electrode 2; a gate electrode 4 and a common electrode line 5formed on the insulating layer 3, wherein the common electrode line 5 isdisposed in a same layer as the gate electrode 4, and the commonelectrode line is provided above the common electrode 2; a gateelectrode protection layer 6 completely covering the gate electrode 4,the common electrode line 5 and the insulating layer 3; an active layer7 formed on the gate electrode protection layer 6 above the gateelectrode 4; a source electrode 8 a and a drain electrode 8 b formed onthe active layer 7; a passivation layer 9 covering the source and drainelectrodes 8 a and 8 b and the gate electrode protection layer 6,wherein a second through hole 12 is formed in a portion of thepassivation layer 9 on the drain electrode 8 b; a first through hole 11disposed above the common electrode 2, wherein the first through hole 12sequentially penetrates through the passivation layer 9, the gateelectrode protection layer 6, the common electrode line 5 and theinsulating layer 3, and the common electrode 2 is electrically connectedwith the common electrode line 5 through the first through hole 11; anda pixel electrode 10 formed on the passivation layer 9, wherein thepixel electrode 10 has slits formed therein and the pixel electrode 10is electrically connected with the drain electrode 8 b through thesecond through hole 12. It can be seen from FIG. 5 that the commonelectrode 2 and the pixel electrode 10 are insulated from each other,and the insulating layer 3 is located between the gate electrode 4 andthe common electrode 2 to isolate the gate electrode 4 from the commonelectrode 2.

The first through hole 11 and the second through hole 12 are preferablyformed by a dry etching process.

Materials for forming each film provided in the array substrateaccording to the present embodiment are the same as that according tothe embodiment 1, and the details thereof are omitted here.

The present embodiment further provides a method for manufacturing thearray substrate. The method is performed by five patterning processesand comprises the following steps in detail.

In step 1, the common electrode 2 is formed by depositing a firsttransparent conductive film on the substrate 1 and then performing afirst patterning process on the first transparent conductive film.

In step 2, the insulating layer 3, the gate electrode 4 and the commonelectrode line 5 are formed by sequentially depositing an insulatingfilm and a gate electrode metallic film on the resultant structure ofthe step 1 and performing a second patterning process, wherein theinsulating layer 3 is provided on the substrate 1 and covers the commonelectrode 2, and the common electrode line 5 is disposed above thecommon electrode 2;

In step 3, the gate electrode protection layer 6, the active layer 7,the source electrode 8 a and the drain electrode 8 b are formed bysequentially depositing a gate electrode protection film, asemiconductor film, an ohmic contact film and a drain-source metallicfilm on the resultant structure of the step 2 and performing a thirdpatterning process with a halftone mask or a gray-tone mask, wherein thegate electrode protection layer 6 completely covers the gate electrode4, the common electrode line 5 and the insulating layer 3, and theactive layer 7, the source and drain electrode 8 a and 8 b are locatedon the gate electrode protection layer 6 above the gate electrode 4;

In step 4, the passivation layer 9 is formed by depositing anotherinsulating film on the resultant structure of the step 3 and performinga fourth patterning process on the another insulating film, wherein thepassivation layer 9 completely covers the source electrode 8 a, thedrain electrode 8 b and the gate electrode protection layer 6, thesecond through hole 12 is formed in the portion of the passivation layer9 on the drain electrode 8 b, that is, the second through hole 12penetrates through the passivation layer 9 to expose the drain electrode8 b, and the first through hole 11 penetrating through the passivationlayer 9, the gate electrode protection layer 6, the common electrodeline 5 and the insulating layer 3 is also formed in this step to exposethe common electrode 2;

In step 5, the pixel electrode 10 is formed by depositing a secondtransparent conductive film on the resultant structure of the step 4 andperforming a fifth patterning process on the second transparentconductive film, wherein the pixel electrode 10 is connected with thedrain electrode 8 b through the second through hole 12, and a portion ofthe second transparent conductive film deposited in the first throughhole 11 causes the common electrode 2 to be connected with the commonelectrode line 5 through the first through hole 11.

The foregoing embodiments merely are exemplary embodiments of theinvention, and not intended to define the scope of the invention, andthe scope of the invention is determined by the appended claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. An array substrate, comprising: a substrate; acommon electrode and a pixel electrode sequentially formed on thesubstrate and insulated from each other; a thin film transistorcomprising a gate electrode, an active layer, a source electrode and adrain electrode, wherein the drain electrode is electrically connectedwith the pixel electrode; and a common electrode line disposed in a samelayer as the gate electrode; wherein the array substrate furthercomprises an insulating layer between the gate electrode and the commonelectrode to isolate the gate electrode from the common electrode, andthe common electrode is connected with the common electrode line througha first through hole, and wherein the common electrode line and the gateelectrode are provided on the substrate, the insulating layer isprovided on the substrate and covers the common electrode line and thegate electrode, the common electrode is provided on the insulatinglayer, a portion of the insulating layer covering the common electrodeline has the first through hole.
 2. The array substrate according toclaim 1, further comprising a passivation layer covering the sourceelectrode and the drain electrode, wherein a second through holepenetrates through the passivation layer, and the drain electrode iselectrically connected with the pixel electrode through the secondthrough hole.
 3. The array substrate according to claim 1, wherein theinsulating layer is made of an insulating material with high lighttransmittance.
 4. A display apparatus comprises the array substrateaccording to claim
 1. 5. An array substrate, comprising: a substrate; acommon electrode and a pixel electrode sequentially formed on thesubstrate and insulated from each other; a thin film transistorcomprising a gate electrode, an active layer, a source electrode and adrain electrode, wherein the drain electrode is electrically connectedwith the pixel electrode; and a common electrode line disposed in a samelayer as the gate electrode; wherein the array substrate furthercomprises an insulating layer between the gate electrode and the commonelectrode to isolate the gate electrode from the common electrode, andthe common electrode is connected with the common electrode line througha first through hole, and wherein the common electrode line and the gateelectrode are provided on the substrate, the insulating layer isprovided on the substrate and covers the common electrode line and thegate electrode, the common electrode is provided on the insulating layerabove the common electrode line; the array substrate further comprises agate electrode protection layer covering the common electrode and theinsulating layer; the active layer is provided on the gate electrodeprotection layer above the gate electrode; the source electrode and thedrain electrode are provided on the active layer; the array substratefurther comprises a passivation layer covering the source electrode, thedrain electrode and the gate electrode protection layer; and the firstthrough hole is provided above the common electrode line andsequentially penetrates through the passivation layer, the gateelectrode protection layer, the common electrode and the insulatinglayer.
 6. The array substrate according to claim 5, further comprising apassivation layer covering the source electrode and the drain electrode,wherein a second through hole penetrates through the passivation layer,and the drain electrode is electrically connected with the pixelelectrode through the second through hole.
 7. The array substrateaccording to claim 5, wherein the insulating layer is made of aninsulating material with high light transmittance.
 8. A displayapparatus comprises the array substrate according to claim 5.